Wrestlers travel to Wasilla

A small, but powerful group of Popeye wrestlers traveled to Wasilla to compete in a Greco Roman Tournament on Friday and a Folkstyle Tournament on Saturday. Sixteen wrestlers brought home a total of 16 medals.

Leading the way was Wayne Newman, schoolboy 99 pounds. Newman won by tech fall against all his opponents on Friday and then placed third in the folkstyle on Saturday.

Schoolboys Luciano Fasulo, 103, and Teddy Croft, 134, each took home two second-place medals. Croft lost to his old-time nemesis Evan Bockman of the Battlecats. Both matches were extremely close with Bockman winning by one and two points.